BRIEFLY PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON SHERMAN WAY.RESEDA - A female pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle Friday evening, and a second woman was injured. Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Lt. Steven Allen, with the Valley
Traffic Division, said the two women were crossing Sherman Way near
Balcom Street at 5:30 p.m. when a motorist traveling west on Sherman Way
hit them. The driver told police the sun was in his eyes and that he
didn't see the pedestrians.
One woman suffered an injured wrist but the other was pronounced dead at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. . The driver has not been charged, but police are continuing to investigate the incident, Allen said. - Daily News L.A. to celebrate 222nd birthday Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. will celebrate its 222nd birthday next week with a public celebration at its birthplace on Olvera Street. Councilmen Tom Labonge and Antonio Villaraigosa said the program will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday and celebrate the diversity of the city. Entertainers will include mariachi bands, Greek dancers and hip-hop artists. ``Los Angeles is a city of immigrants who come from every corner of the globe, not to a destination but to live out an idea,'' Villaraigosa said. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer held on fraud charge A 30-year-old Stevenson Ranch resident and Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer has been arrested on workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. fraud charges after collecting more than $11,000 for a thumb he injured during self-defense classes, officials said Friday. Investigators allegedly caught Harris Birken on video at his graphic arts business in Valencia performing work ``inconsistent with his claimed injury,'' said Tom Higgins, head deputy of the District Attorney's Office's Workers' Compensation Fraud Division. - Daily News Blood drives set at 35 county sites The Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. sent out a call for blood donations Friday. According to Red Cross Blood Services, only 5 percent of those eligible to give blood do so. Starting today and continuing through Monday, the Red Cross is holding blood drives at 35 sites in Los Angeles County, including Cerritos, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Van Nuys, West Covina and Woodland Hills. According to the Red Cross, some 38,000 donations are needed in the United States every day. Interested donors should call (800) GIVE LIFE (448-5433) to make an appointment. - City News Service Affidavit details foiled escape plan An alleged member of a Russian kidnapping ring used hidden cell phones and tools dropped off by an accomplice in a foiled attempt to break out of his federal prison cell, authorities said. Iouri Mikhel, 38, allegedly lowered a rope in February from his fifth-floor prison cell at Los Angeles' Metropolitan Detention Center "Metropolitan Dentention Center" refers to a series of federal detention facilities (prisons) located throughout the United States. They are run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. to pick up a pillowcase pil·low·case n. A removable covering for a pillow. Also called pillowslip. pillowcase or pillowslip Noun a removable washable cover for a pillow Noun 1. packed with marijuana and two phones. He used the phones to coordinate a second haul later that month and obtained pliers pliers, n a tool of pincer design with jaws of varying shapes; used for holding, bending, stretching, contouring, and cutting. pliers, contouring, n , bolt cutters and other tools, according to an FBI affidavit. The escape plan was thwarted March 7 when guards searching Mikhel's cell found the tools and a large hole behind a mirror that led to an off-limits stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. . He said he wanted to escape ``to take care of `unfinished business' he had with some people whom he needed to find,'' the FBI affidavit states. - Associated Press |
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